Woman to stand trial over school assault

A 26-year-old woman will face a trial in the Perth Magistrates Court accused of assaulting a student and the deputy principal at a primary school.

Sheree Janelle Egan had originally pleaded guilty to grabbing a 13-year-old girl around the throat and punching her in August this year at the Boyare Primary School in Mirrabooka.

She had also admitted spitting in the face of the school's deputy principal when he intervened.

She was due to be sentenced today but the magistrate said there needed to be a trial because Ms Egan had given a different account of what happened in a report that had been prepared for the sentencing.